Ricola Herb Throat Drops Lemon Mint Sugar Free - 45 CT
by Ricola
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036602302457 · Ricola · Throat-lozenges. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Ricola Herb Throat Drops Lemon Mint Sugar Free - 45 CT by Ricola scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Drug Facts Active Ingredient, In Each Drop, Menthol. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 29 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- B
- Nutri-Score nutrition grade
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
Composite profile score
One verdict from three independent sources
65/100
Grade B-
Ingredient Safety
85/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
B
Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade
Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.
02302457 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Ricola Herb Throat Drops Lemon Mint Sugar Free - 45 CT label screening desk
5 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isomalt). Source sheet 02302457 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Smoked sausage · Nearest score peer is Smoked sausage at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.
The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.
This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
Ricola Herb Throat Drops Lemon Mint Sugar Free - 45 CT lists 29 ingredients on its label
29 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 359,392 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 6,050 products (2%)
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- 24,522 products (7%)
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- 31,054 products (9%)
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- 30,981 products (9%)
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- 24,508 products (7%)
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- 19,062 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 14,679 products (4%)
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- 12,238 products (3%)
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- 10,830 products (3%)
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- 9,344 products (3%)
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- 7,955 products (2%)
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- 4,063 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 24,241 products (7%)
Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 85/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
drug facts active ingredient (in each drop) menthol, 1.1 mg... purpose oral anesthetic uses temporarily relieves occasional minor irritation and pain associated with sore mouth • sore throat warnings do not use • in children under 6 years of age unless directed by a doctor. stop use and ask a doctor if • sore throat is severe, persists for more than 2 days, or is accompanied by fever, headache, rash, nausea or vomiting. • sore mouth symptoms do not improve in 7 days. keep out of reach of children. directions • adults and children 6 years and older: dissolve 3 drops (one at a time) slowly in the mouth. do not bite or chew. repeat every 2 hours as needed or as directed by a doctor • children under 6 years: ask a doctor other information phenylketonurics, contains phenylalanine 1 mg per drop. • excessive use may have a laxative effect • protect from heat and moisture • product may be useful for diabetics on the advice of a doctor exchange information: 2 drops = free exchange 7 drops = 1 fruit dietary exchanges based on exchange lists for diabetes ©2008 american diabetes association, american dietetic association. inactive ingredients ascorbic acid (vitamin c), aspartame, citric acid, extracts of lemon balm and a ricola herb mixture (elder, horehound, hyssop, lemon balm, linden flowers, mallow, peppermint, sage, thyme, wild thyme), isomalt, natural color (beta-carotene), natural flavors
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Ricola Herb Throat Drops Lemon Mint Sugar Free - 45 CT
Neighbours outside Ricola with screening scores in the same high band as Ricola Herb Throat Drops Lemon Mint Sugar Free - 45 CT (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ricola; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 29 on 0036602302457).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (29 on 0036602302457).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Isomalt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ricola Herb Throat Drops Lemon Mint Sugar Free - 45 CT's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Isomalt. Open Isomalt
- Compare Ricola Herb Throat Drops Lemon Mint Sugar Free - 45 CT's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
- Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0036602302457: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.